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New dining car to be installed at Sexsmith Grain Elevator
The Sexsmith and District Museum Society is installing a new attraction out front of the historic grain elevator on Wednesday, August 7.A dining rail car, along with an engine and caboose will be come...
Aug 06, 2024
Canada out of men's Olympic basketball tournament after quarterfinal loss to France
PARIS - Canada's men's basketball team is out of the Paris Olympics after losing 82-73 to host France in the quarterfinals Tuesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander put up 27 points for a Canada side that hit ...
Aug 06, 2024
Body of missing woman found in Saskatoon landfill, police say suspect dead
SASKATOON, Sask. - Saskatoon police say they have found the remains of a missing woman in a city landfill and that a suspect in her death has since died. Officers began searching the landfill in May f...
Aug 06, 2024
Ottawa considers changes to reduce number of temporary foreign workers in Canada
OTTAWA - Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says the federal government is considering new regulations that could make fewer employers eligible to hire temporary foreign workers. It's part of a su...
Aug 06, 2024
Canada's poor record predicting tornadoes must be improved to save lives: researchers
MONTREAL - On July 24, Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for the area around Lachute, Que., northwest of Montreal, urging people to take shelter. The warning was accurate: a tornado touched ...
Aug 06, 2024
Almost $3 million for Jasper National Park
Alberta Bottle Depots have sorted and collected all Jasper donations from Pattison Media's Alberta Day of Caring.Nearly $3 million is now going to support the National Park and evacuees. The entire pr...
Aug 06, 2024
Saskatchewan latest province to restrict cellphone use in school classrooms
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says students won't be allowed to use cellphones in class in the upcoming school year. The move, announced Tuesday, applies to all kindergarten to Grade 12 classro...
Aug 06, 2024
Veteran quarterback Dominique Davis signs on with Montreal Alouettes
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed veteran American quarterback Dominique Davis on Tuesday. The move comes after veteran backup Caleb Evans suffered a knee injury in Montreal's 33-16 road win ov...
Aug 06, 2024
Whitecaps Girls Elite squad looks to defend national title, then face CONCACAF's best
The Vancouver Whitecaps women are headed to the new Northern Super League next year. But there are more immediate matters at hand. It starts this week with the League1 Canada Inter-Provincial Champion...
Aug 06, 2024
Conservatives demand government explain how terror suspects immigrated to Canada
Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer says Canadians have a right to know how a man with links to a foreign terror group evaded Canada's screening process to immigrate to Canada and become a citizen...
Aug 06, 2024